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Originally Posted by tkd

The PSA 1 #144 that sold for $7325 did have nice eye appeal in my opinion. It seems Goudey Ruth's with great eye appeal that are centered keep breaking records every time lately. Some of the lesser appealing for the grade bounce around in price and sometimes go a bit lower than expected. Too early for me to think Ruth prices are dropping. Although they most likely will slow down or come down at some point. My experience with Ruth cards is they usually are among the first to go up and last to go down.

Agreed. As someone who's been bidding on and not winning #144's for the past 4 months, I can say that it's all about eye appeal with this card. The grade on the holder is just a starting point in determining the price. Centering, color, image sharpness, corners, all of those things that equal eye appeal are king. I think prices may be leveling off (I hope!) but I haven't seen a noticeable decline.

EDIT: and of course prices for 1's are going to be all over the place, as 1's tend to be. Some are disasters, and some look great!